| Date | 13 February 1976 — 14:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Kunsteisbahn, Messehalle, Innsbruck | |
| Referee | Gordon Kerr |  CAN |
| Referee | Josef Kompalla |  FRG |
| Attendance | 600 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period #1 | Period #2 | Period #3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Japan |  JPN | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| – | Bulgaria |  BUL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save % | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 6 | Hideo Urabe | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Yoshiaki Kyoya | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Minoru Ito | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Takeshi Azuma | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Sadaki Honma | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Hideo Sakurai | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Tsutomu Hanzawa | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Herb Wakabayashi | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 21 | Yasushio Tanaka | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 23 | Yoshio Hoshino | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Hiroshi Hori | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Iwao Nakayama | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Hitoshi Nakamura | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 9 | Kiyoshi Esashika | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 11 | Takeshi Akiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 22 | Koji Wakasa | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Toshimitsu Otsubo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100.0% | 17:23 | 1 | ||
| Goalkeeper | 2 | Minoru Misawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 81.5% | 42:37 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 7 | – | – | 32 | 86.5% | – | |||||
| Coach | Yoshihiro Miyazaki | ||||||||||
Bulgaria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save % | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Lyubomir Lyubomirov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Iliya Bachvarov | 2 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Bozhidar Minchev | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Milcho Nenov | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Ivan Atanasov | 1 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Kiril Gerasimov | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Marin Bachvarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Malin Atanasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 19 | Nikolay Mihaylov | 1 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Ivan Markovski | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Nikolay Petrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Dimo Krastinov | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Dimitar Lazarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Ivan Penelov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 15 | Georgi Iliev | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 20 | Ivaylo Kalev | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Petar Radev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 78.8% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | – | – | 58 | 80.6% | – | |||||
| Coach | Pantelei Pantev | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:56 (1) | Hideo Urabe (Minoru Ito) | | 1-0 | EQ | |
| 7:25 (1) | Minoru Ito (Hideo Urabe, Hideo Sakurai) | | 2-0 | PP1 | |
| 10:08 (1) | Yasushio Tanaka (Yoshio Hoshino, Tsutomu Hanzawa) | | 3-0 | EQ | |
| 16:22 (1) | Ivan Atanasov (Kiril Gerasimov) | | 3-1 | EQ | |
| 16:34 (1) | Iliya Bachvarov (Kiril Gerasimov) | | 3-2 | EQ | |
| 18:17 (1) | Ivaylo Kalev | | 3-3 | EQ | |
| 19:21 (1) | Hideo Sakurai (Yasushio Tanaka, Iwao Nakayama) | | 4-3 | PP1 | |
| 27:11 (2) | Nikolay Mihaylov (Bozhidar Minchev) | | 4-4 | EQ | |
| 37:28 (2) | Takeshi Azuma (Herb Wakabayashi) | | 5-4 | PP1 | |
| 39:31 (2) | Hideo Urabe (Hideo Sakurai) | | 6-4 | EQ | |
| 42:37 (3) | Iliya Bachvarov (Milcho Nenov, Ivaylo Kalev) | | 6-5 | PP1 | |
| 47:25 (3) | Yasushio Tanaka | | 7-5 | EQ |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | Minoru Misawa | | In | ||
| 0:00 (1) | Petar Radev | | In | ||
| 42:37 (3) | Toshimitsu Otsubo | | In | ||
| 42:37 (3) | Minoru Misawa | | Out | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Toshimitsu Otsubo | | Out | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Petar Radev | | Out |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:04 (1) | Hiroshi Hori | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 11:28 (1) | Nikolay Mihaylov | | 2 | Slashing | |
| 13:49 (1) | Yoshio Hoshino | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 18:22 (1) | Iliya Bachvarov | | 2 | Interference | |
| 22:44 (2) | Ivan Atanasov | | 2 | Slashing | |
| 34:41 (2) | Minoru Ito | | 2 | Tripping | |
| 35:48 (2) | Nikolay Mihaylov | | 2 | Interference | |
| 41:32 (3) | Hitoshi Nakamura | | 2 | Delay of game | |
| 42:01 (3) | Koji Wakasa | | 2 | Charging | |
| 45:30 (3) | Dimo Krastinov | | 2 | Interference | |
| 48:37 (3) | Ivan Atanasov | | 2 | Cross-checking | |
| 55:14 (3) | Ivan Markovski | | 2 | Slashing | |
| 55:23 (3) | Iliya Bachvarov | | 2 | Interference | |
| 59:29 (3) | Hiroshi Hori | | 2 | Tripping | |
| 59:58 (3) | Ivaylo Kalev | | 2 | Interference |
